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The Mysterious Case of the F*cking Good Pizza (Vice / Emilie Friedlander)

A fun and fascinating journey through clickbait restaurants, ghost kitchens, and the potential future of online food delivery.

The stories of these restaurant owners paint a picture of a food landscape where kitchens have to prioritize getting orders out the door at all costs, where a single negative review in a high-volume day can mean a night of lost sleep, and no one seems to have any control over what happens once the food leaves their kitchen. It’s a world that technology is transforming faster than people can keep up, in ways that no one seems to fully understand—raising complicated questions about the responsibilities tech companies have to food businesses, the responsibilities food businesses have to their customers, and who, if anyone, may be misleading whom.

In war zones, social media disinformation is costing lives (Wired / Maude Morrison & Adam Cooper)

A fantastic piece arguing that too much of the disinformation debate centers on Western democracy, and the focus on moderation during the US election should be adopted for countries going through peace talks.

And precisely because war zones are complicated, the platforms should listen more to those whose job is to understand and address conflict – organisations such as the UN, or specialist disinformation researchers. These people could guide platforms on how misinformation can incite violence, and alert them ahead of events likely to attract disinformation. For instance, if a crucial round of peace talks is scheduled, social media companies could be told so that they can step up their resourcing and monitoring. Neither mediators nor the platforms are having this kind of conversation right now.

Step into my (home) office (Rest of World / Anna Rasshivkina, Cengiz Yar & Devi Lockwood)

A wonderful peek into how people from around the world are working from home.

In Mexico, a ranchera singer transitioned from performing at parties to recording serenades in her living room. A call center analyst in the Philippines balanced shift work with parenting her three toddlers — while occasionally having to explain to clients why a rooster was crowing in the background. A reverend in South Africa learned how to make his sermons internet-friendly.

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